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TV series

24 Hours in Police Custody

201410 seasons7.0 / 10

The landmark documentary series that captures real life drama at its most intense, following police detectives around the clock as they investigate major crimes.

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Synopsis

The landmark documentary series that captures real life drama at its most intense, following police detectives around the clock as they investigate major crimes.

Season 3 episodes

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Episode 1

Bad Blood

45m7.0 / 10

The return of the documentary in which more than 60 cameras are used to follow the work of Bedfordshire Police, from the cells at stations to the operational heart of major investigations. A small town near Luton has been plagued with an outbreak of teen criminality, and DS Emma James and DC Cathie Layton pull a 22-hour shift to find the evidence against a young man accused of robbery and assault. He denies everything and paints himself as the victim. Will they uncover enough to charge, or will he be released?

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Episode 2

Guilty Little Secrets

45m

Bedfordshire Police must decide whether to charge two men arrested as part of a nationwide operation against people possessing and, in some cases, distributing indecent images of children online.

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Episode 3

Partners In Crime

45m8.0 / 10

DS Simon Hancock and DC Cathie Layton have 24 hours to interview two men who they suspect are behind a string of knife-point robberies. And neither man knows what the other's saying...

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Episode 4

Mother's Day

45m7.0 / 10

The police release a young man who's been accused of a vicious assault when he gives his mother as an alibi. But when she fails to support his story they have to try to find him again...

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Episode 5

A Sixth Sense

45m8.0 / 10finale

DC Cathie Layton investigates the case of a man who is alleged to have assaulted a taxi driver and stolen his keys. But her instinct tells her that all is not what it seems...

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Episode information updated Sep 3, 2026

More about 24 Hours in Police Custody

Cast

Royce PierresonSelf - Narrator (voice)
Zawe AshtonSelf - Narrator (voice)

Production details

Status
Returning Series
Series type
Documentary
Episodes
60
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • Channel 4United Kingdom
  • Channel 4 TelevisionUnited Kingdom
  • The Garden ProductionsUnited Kingdom

Themes

bedfordshirebritish policecambridgeshireenglandpolicepolice custody